These melon-colored glow earrings from Lindly Haunani are summer favorites. The beauty of the pinched petal design and black-outlined gradations made them Niche Award winners and help tell Lindly’s story. Her Hawaiian heritage and color expertise shine through in the floral shapes. If you’d watched her assemble the slices, you’d also have caught a glimpse […] Read more
Look at these great organic earrings by Ellen Prophater that I saw in Kentucky last weekend. She’s still thinking about a web site which, of course, frustrates both me and you. These lightweight lovelies are formed and baked on wooden balls. Ellen dips the finished earrings into warm water combined with liver of sulfur to […] Read more
The construction and colors of Susan Samitz’ earrings and necklaces are a wonderful departure from the norm. Very Jetsons. Very retro. Vermonter Susan says she’s been working in polymer clay since 1988 and she was pointed out to me by the ever-vigilant, super-googler Susan Rose. Both Susans are great finds. This feels like a good […] Read more
As I layered up for the snow today, I figured out why I had these plain Jane earrings in my collection. They’re the companions for this Karen McCorckle beautifully caned angel pin that I love. Oh, that goes back a couple of interesting decades! Karen told us that she conditioned clay when she went to […] Read more
Colorado’s Diane Kremer packages up fall in a simple pair of earrings. Subtly textured shades of orange/red/gold circles stack like a pile of leaves. The wire that ties it all together is featured front and center. Why not? This week’s StudioMojo wraps up my last event as I head out for another one. We’ve been […] Read more
Maintaining the shape of extruded polymer clay flower canes as you reduce them is nearly impossible. At a recent gathering, Minnesota’s Jenny Patterson reminded me of a clever workaround. She extrudes her canes and slices them after they’re cured! Jenny sells at big shows (she’ll be at the Balloon show in Albuquerque) so her production […] Read more
Seattle’s Sara (g.oo.d.ee) works in a digital environment. “I don’t get the chance to craft and build physical objects with my hands as I used to,” she says. Enter polymer clay. Her hands are now happily sketching, rolling, cutting in their off-duty moments. Check out how this free-flowing pattern that includes glow-in-the-dark clay lights up […] Read more
Maryland’s Linda Loew cleaned the pan pastel residue from her sponges directly onto a slab of light clay. Here’s the result of her abstract clean-up paired with other extraneous bits and turned into painterly earrings and pendant. Sometimes our scraps scream to be saved.
Wales’ Ellen Randall lets you zoom right in on her delicate works. She has a steady hand and a deft touch that position each stem and leaf and dot in its rightful place on her earrings. Not many of us can achieve such neatness. Luckily there’s room for us more ham-handed, slap-dash types. “It takes […] Read more
Australia’s Belinda Broughton (polymerbelinda) could have stopped right here. She applied pan pastels to a sheet of polymer. Then she scratched through the top layer of jagged triangles (technically sgraffito) to make an even more dynamic design. Pop that baby in the oven and hang it on the wall! I saw a painting but Belinda […] Read more
